The sanctification of dreams

Prevalence and implications

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3900318
AutoresRussell E Phillips (0000-0001-6558-1561), Kenneth I Pargament (0000-0001-8488-7291)
Ano2002
Volume12
Fascículo3
Páginas141-153
Data de publicação2002-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoDreaming (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1053-0797 • E-ISSN: 1573-3351
EditoraAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1023/a:1020166208750
OpenAlexW2051347499
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências citadas2

Many scientists and practitioners have debated about the function of dreams. Though some researchers have described dreams as purposeless random neuronal firings, others have suggested that dreams serve an adaptive function with certain dream characteristics having positive implications. Drawing on other studies of sanctification, this study examines whether imbuing a dream with qualities of the sacred relates to beneficial outcomes. Examining a college student sample of 168, it was found that the more sacred the dream was perceived, the more beneficial the outcome reported from a stressful life event which related to the dream. These outcomes include less negative affect and more positive affect, psychological and spiritual growth. Sanctification of dreams predicted these outcome variables over and above other religious measures as well as dream measures. The implications of these findings are discussed

Developmental psychology · Psychoanalysis · Sanctification · Theology · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Sleep and related disorders · Sleep and Wakefulness Research · Philosophy